Heavy to excessive rainfall may lead to flooding today over southwest Pennsylvania into northern West Virginia, and western Maryland. Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening in the Mid-South and across Eastern North Carolina. An extended period of hot weather is forecast for parts of coastal southern California including Los Angeles from today through Thursday. Read More >
Overview
An intense, and narrow band of heavy snow impacted southwest North Dakota beginning Saturday afternoon, February 16th, 2019. Snowfall continued into Sunday, February, 17th, although the intensity of the snow did decrease. Near zero visibility in falling snow with impressive snowfall rates of 1-2" per hour were observed.Satellite
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| GOESEast Infrared Band 13 loop of the band of heavy snow Saturday 2/16 |
Photos
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| NDDOT Bowman and Marmarth Webcams and ND ARB Bowman Radar Saturday afternoon 2/16 | Heavy snow north of Bowman Saturday afternoon 2/16 | 15N Marmarth (source: Nikki Brown) |
Bowman Saturday Night 2/16 |
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| 20SE Beach | 20SE Beach | "Snow Marshmallow" 20SE Beach | Beach | Fryburg |
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| Bowman County | 10SW New England | Hwy 3 North Of Grenora (source: Maria Bodnar Madsen) |
Storm Reports
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Observations
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| Noon CST 2/16/19 Observations | 3 PM CST 2/16/19 Observations | 6 PM CST 2/16/19 Observations | 9 PM CST 2/16/19 Observations |
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| 6 AM CST 2/16/19 Rapid City sounding featuring very steep lapse rates | 6 PM CST 2/16/19 Rapid City sounding continuing to feature very steep lapse rates supporting intense banding of heavy snow in southwest North Dakota. |
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